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Half done
I ran (yes ran all of it!) my first half on sun 15th July at Run Melbourne. It took me 2h3m50s to do the 21.1km | 13.1mi. I have now knocked 2 goals off my list. 1. finish a half marathon (tick), 2. Run a half marathon (tick). It would have been totally awesome to tick my 3rd one off, and that was to do it under 2hours,…
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Run Melbourne
Anyone here doing it? July 15th 2012. I plan on doing the 1/2 marathon, but they also offer 5k and 10km. If anyone is doing it, would be awesome if we could have a mfp team.
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What to do next
I'm in my last week of Insanity. I finish it just before I do my half marathon (15th July). However I do not have anything planned afterwards. I'm only 3kg|7lbs away from my ultimate goal weight, but even if I don't get there, I'm happy with the weight I am at now. So I'm thinking of the following. p90x p90x/clx hybrid (or…
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Running Goals
I have lots of goals that I want to achieve this year. Most of them are fitness goals. Now out of those fitness goals I have a few running goals. My 1st running goal is to run a 5km race in under 28 mins. (so 27.59 max lol). My 2nd running goal is to run a 10km race in under 75mins. I've never run a 10k before. I'm…
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1/2 marathon training app
is there one? and if so, have you used it and is it any good?
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pain in the side of the foot
On tuesday I noticed pain in the right of my foot. I did go for a long run on monday 13km. (5:1 intervals, training for a 1/2 marathon in july). Well today is now friday and I still have the pain in my foot. It is however only when I'm walking not when I'm running. I did an easy 3km run yesterday and no foot pain. I've…
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bodybugg/bodymedia fit
Yes I have googled information on the body bugg (aus version is the body media fit), but I thought I would get opinions from those who have actually used one. I have some questions. 1. did you find it helpful with your weightloss journey 2. how does it compare with hrm 3. did it help improve other area's like sleep, your…
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run it all, or walk part?
In your 1st marathon did you run it all or did you run/walk? the reason I ask is because one of my goals is to do a 1/2 marathon. The half marathon I plan on doing is the Melbourne Marathon in October, so I have lots of training time to build up my distance. I currently run 10km. I recently found a training program with…
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run it or walk/run 13.1mi
I've posted this in a half marathon group, but so far I have had no response, so I thought I would try the general boards. In your 1st half/marathon did you run it all or did you run/walk? the reason I ask is because one of my goals is to do a 1/2 marathon. The half marathon I plan on doing is the Melbourne Marathon in…
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Gps watches
Who here has one, and if so what one do you have. What do you like about it, and what do you hate about it. Doing some research, want to find out what is best suited for me. At the moment I have a polar ft4, but I need a gps watch as the nike + is just not accurate enough. I'm thinking of getting the garmin forerunner 110…
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Runners R Us - Intro
Hi Everyone. My name is Matilda and I am the creator of this group. I created this group as I found that there were loads of running groups but for specific things. Like c25k, or location groups. Which is all well and good, but what's the point of joining a zillion groups when you want general info. Hence why I created…
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wearing in new running shoes
I have a pair of running shoes on layby. I'm thinking of picking them up today as I live out in the country and my shoes are on layby in a store in the city. I'm currently in the city today and I don't know when I will be back again to pick them up (most likely june), and I would like to pick them up before I do a race in…
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gps watches
Who here has one, and if so what one do you have. What do you like about it, and what do you hate about it. Doing some research, want to find out what is best suited for me. At the moment I have a polar ft4, but I need a gps watch as the nike + is just not accurate enough. I'm thinking of getting the garmin forerunner 110…
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For Sale Polar FT4 HRM
I have the Polar ft4 hrm for sale $70 including postage. Less than 6 months old. Reason for sale is because I need to upgrade to a hrm that has a gps. If you are interested let me know please.
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Pull ups
I want to be able to do a pull up. Yesterday I tired to do one, (while my daughter was playing at the playground, I was attempting to do one on the monkey bars), and I could only bring myself up a few cm/in. So what exercises can I do to improve my strength to do a pull up. tia. edit:. I should also note, that back in 2006…
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run the gap
for those of you in victoria here is a fun run you can do it's 6km or 11km http://runthegap.com.au/ it is in halls gap the grampians (2.5hours west of melb). I'm doing it, at least I don't have to drive far, so that's an added bonus.
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tough bloke
has anyone here done one? i'm thinking of doing the one in sydney in june.. i have 4 more days to decide before the early bird fee goes up.
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blisters question
Thursday morning I went for a run (week 3 day 1 of bridge to 10km). Part of this run was on a trail. Well a bit of gravel got into my shoe via my sock and started to rub against the arch of my foot. I knew I blister was forming. Anyway got home, and put one of those advanced healing blister block band-aids on. Well today…
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hrm upgrade
i currently have a polar ft4 hrm, which is a great starting out hrm. However it now no longer suits my needs. I need a gps hrm (as I'm now doing a lot of running, and I hate having to carry my phone with me all the time). So can someone recommend a HRM that has gps function. does polar even have a hrm with gps? I know…
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I'm excited.
I have a 5(.2km) race on Sunday. I'm excited that's for sure. I'm also excited, because I set a goal to run 5km in under 28mins. Well today I went for a run, and I ended up running the 5km in 27.37! (it will be more than that on the day cause it's a stupid distance of 5.2km, but at least I know I can do it!. So I'm…
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smelly hat
the other day I went for a walk wearing my running hat, and i was like omg what smells like cat pee. I checked myself. Normal smell. I checked my shoes for dog poo. Nothing. Then I smelled my hat. OMG it stinks. I know for a fact that my cat couldn't have peed on it cause i always put my hat back on the hat stand. So does…
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running group
there seems to be a lot of running groups, however there are no 'general running groups'. So would anyone be interested in a group that is just a general world running group. the reason I ask is, b/c there seems to be a lot of running questions lately. and I thought i would be a good idea to have them all in one place.
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Run for the kids - Melbourne
Ok peeps registration for Run for the kids opens today (http://www.runforthekids.com.au/r4k/) Who's in? It's Sunday 1st April Half of your entry fee will go to the Royal Children's Hospital I am. I'm off to enter now too :D
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25lbs gone
I didn't have a lot to loose. But 25lbs was a lot to me. I started out at 78kg. I was seriously unhappy. I was going through a really hard time in my marriage (which 2 months later ended up breaking up). Fast-forward to 2012 I'm now 66.8 My ultimate goal weight is 65kg, so I'm not that far off it now. But I would like to…
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10km run/race
I'm loving running, and I can easily run 5km. My 1st 1km race will be 1st of April, which I'm very much looking forward to. I also have another race planed for may (6km). However I'm thinking of running a 10km race in July (www.runmelbourne.com it has 5km, 10km & half marathon distances). Dumb questions, will I have enough…
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app gps
i need one that will do walking, running and cycling. what do you recommend. and i rather have 1 app that does it all
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not new but...
i'm looking for more aussie friends. so if you are from australia and would like support and motivation feel free to add me. but when you do, make sure you leave a message. Also if you do not log in for over 4 weeks, then you will get deleted... just saying.
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what to do?
(transferred from my blog) I love turbofire. However my body has conditioned to it and so I need a change. So step in Chalene Extreme. Which I love. However doing it with bands sucks *kitten*! I really need weights. But the weights I want (adjustable ones), will set me back anywhere from $300 to $600, which of course I…
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Soulmate workout
Well you should already know what your soulmate workout is or on your way to finding it, as it is day 11 of the the push challenge. Well I have been working out since July, the last 6-8 weeks however I have been trialling other things. Insanity, p90x, yoga etc. But about a week ago I decided to go back to turbofire. Why?…
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calorie cycling/zigzagging
found this calculator for determining calories for calorie cycling/zigzagging. http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm it's not like other calculators I've seen, b/c this one you have to put your weight height, activity level etc.
